Bachmann plays the victim

Michele Bachmann fired back at the media Tuesday, saying her Revolutionary War gaffe was only reported because she is a conservative politician.

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“We all know there’s a double standard in the media … as we know all 3,400 members of the mainstream media are part of the Obama press contingent,” she told The Laura Ingraham Show.

Over the weekend, Bachmann erroneously placed the battles that started the Revolutionary War in New Hampshire instead of Massachusetts — twice. "You're the state where the shot was heard around the world in Lexington and Concord," she told a Manchester crowd.

Bachmann alleged that the media didn’t make such a fuss when President Obama drastically overstated that 10,000 had died in Kansas tornadoes or said that he visited 57 states on the campaign trail.

“Only if a conservative makes a misstep is it considered interesting,” Bachmann said.

She said the media ignored the “great crowds, standing ovations, the wonderful time we had in New Hampshire.” But she did admit that, yes, she did mix up Massachusetts and New Hampshire in telling the story of the “shot heard around the world.”

Despite conservative columnist George Will’s assertion that the congresswoman is “not among the serious contenders,” Bachmann said she has a “great deal of respect” for him.

As for a White House run, she responded, “It’s something that is potentially on the table, but I haven’t made a decision on whether or not to do it.”

Bachmann said she’ll vote against the continuing resolution because it does not defund the health care reform law.

But she dodged a question about Mitt Romney’s sweeping health care reform in Massachusetts,

“Again I’m not focused on politics,” she said. “I’m focused on the policy and trying to get the country turned back around.”